USD/CHF Technical Analysis: Greenback loses some steam in the New York session against CHF

Flavio Tosti Independent Analyst

USD/CHF daily chart

USD/CHF is trading in a sideways trend above the 50, 100 and 200-day simple moving averages (SMAs).

USD/CHF 4-hour chart

USD/CHF is trading above its main SMAs suggesting bullish momentum in the medium-term.

USD/CHF 30-minute chart

USD/CHF is evolving above its main SMAs suggesting bullish momentum as the bulls are trying to find some support at the 50 SMA and the 1.0060 level.
Bulls will try to continue the upmove to reclaim 1.0090 and reach 1.0120 to the upside.
On the way down, support is seen at 1.0060 and 1.0030 levels.

Additional key levels

USD/CHF

Overview:
    Today Last Price: 1.0064
    Today Daily change: 20 pips
    Today Daily change %: 0.20%
    Today Daily Open: 1.0044
Trends:
    Daily SMA20: 0.9962
    Daily SMA50: 0.9917
    Daily SMA100: 0.9936
    Daily SMA200: 0.9909
Levels:
    Previous Daily High: 1.01
    Previous Daily Low: 0.9988
    Previous Weekly High: 1.003
    Previous Weekly Low: 0.9943
    Previous Monthly High: 0.9996
    Previous Monthly Low: 0.9716
    Daily Fibonacci 38.2%: 1.0058
    Daily Fibonacci 61.8%: 1.0031
    Daily Pivot Point S1: 0.9988
    Daily Pivot Point S2: 0.9932
    Daily Pivot Point S3: 0.9876
    Daily Pivot Point R1: 1.01
    Daily Pivot Point R2: 1.0156
    Daily Pivot Point R3: 1.0212

Author

Flavio Tosti

Independent Analyst

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